Jewels in the crowd Oct 13, 2009
More importantly, Dylan Roden's superbly eccentric chocolates and cakes are inside, too: chocolates like Angel's Breast, King's Ransom, Limpopo River and luscious cakes such as the coffee, chocolate and chilli Montezuma. 75 Kingsway, Kingsgrove, 9150 8441. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mines aim to turn pollution into profit Sep 30, 2009
The lake is the source of the Tweelopiespruit, which ultimately flows into the Limpopo River catchment. These days, mines are partially treating the water after channelling it into a lined dam. (Business Report, South Africa)
Zimbabwe: Research Not Trickling Down to Farmers Sep 4, 2009
"We need to look into whether there is space for us to do an analysis of water economics in southern Africa. I am asking myself whether population growth is the problem or there are other issues," said Olaleye during a debate on water use in the Limpopo River Basin - a river that flows through Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Farmers blame policy makers for failing to put in place mechanisms to protect small scale farmers from existing laws that make it difficult for them to... (allAfrica.com)
The UMCOR Hotline for August 11, 2009 Aug 12, 2009
In the midst of his country's economic crisis, famine and poverty troubles, Charles risked crossing Africa's Limpopo River to find employment. With no legal papers or passport in hand, Charles escaped encounters with soldiers on border patrol and went without food or water for days. (AlertNet)
The wide web of widgets Jul 24, 2009
THE torrent of iTunes Apps continues to grow and flow like the great Limpopo River in flood. Apple last week announced downloads had gone through 1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Book Review Twenty Chickens for a... Jul 12, 2009
Beginning in the town of Phikwe, , and then moving to the Tuli Block on the Limpopo River, Scott's personal narrative is intertwined with accounts of her father's enthusiasm for alternative medicine, her mother's haphazard approach to homeschooling, and her grandparents' sometimes unorthodox way of life. Twenty Chickens for a Saddle is often compared to the stories of Gerald Durrell, whose family had a similarly fly-in-the-face-of-convention attitude to life. (Suite101.com)
Territories Wild Jun 30, 2009
8/16/2009 Join Tom Miranda as he travels to the Limpopo River of South Africa for bowhunting adventure. watch as Tom draws back on a huge Eland and wildebeest. (ESPN -- Outdoors)
Free female condoms? Jun 24, 2009
" I must confess I had only ever heard of female condoms, or Femidoms as they're trademarked, but never actually seen or used one. I certainly didn't expect my first encounter to be at an unassuming little border post along the banks of the Limpopo River under an acacia tree. Frankly it was also a bit embarrassing to have a man point out the free Femidoms. But to be fair, he's a tour operator and comes through here once a month with Dutch and German groups, mainly women. They all take them as... (iAfrica.com)
Zimbabwean Girls Seek Opportunity In South Africa May 17, 2009
Once in South Africa, Sibekiwe wandered into a housing compound for workers on a farm overlooking the Limpopo River about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Musina. She was offered work baby-sitting, seven days a week for 200 rand (about $20) a month, plus food and a place to sleep in one of the compounds mud-walled, tin-roofed shacks. (CBS News -- World)
South Africa: More Zimbabwean Migrants Expected in Musina May 1, 2009
There are myriad categories of migrants, from asylum seekers escaping political persecution to people fleeing economic collapse for a better life over the Limpopo River, cross-border traders, students and shoppers, all contributing to clogging South Africa's bureaucracy with their differing demands. Sebelo Sibanda, in the Musina office of Lawyers for Human Rights, told IRIN the police would need a sea change in their attitude to Zimbabwean migrants if a new permit system was to work efficiently,... (allAfrica.com)
The Rainbow Over Apr 15, 2009
In this he is like all too many of his brother presidents in the sad zone of lawlessness, greed, and despair that stretches northward from the banks of the Limpopo River to the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and which South Africa was never supposed to join. Let us hope they do not bring him his machine gun. (The American Conservative)
Oh, What a Chaos It Seems Apr 4, 2009
"I will dedicate my new novel to you. I expect you to dedicate your book to me. We will appear together on the book jacket, photographed in the garden of our 18th century farmhouse on the grassy banks of the Limpopo River." The letter was written in the spring of 1967, a bleak time in the bleak, bleak history of Cheever's 41-year marriage. Harvard's neat presentation, however, is like the well-manicured entrance to a labyrinth. (Slate)
South Africa: More Chaos for Zimbabweans as Home Affairs Displaces Musina Refugees Mar 6, 2009
The order was slammed by humanitarian groups as it comes at a time when masses of ill and starving Zimbabweans continue to enter the country daily crossing the Limpopo River and risking their lives in hope of a better life. The showground had been the only hope of acquiring food, shelter and basic health care for the refugees who now have nowhere else to go, M;decins Sans Fronti;res (Doctors Without Borders) warned. (allAfrica.com)
Damon Emotional Over Zimbabwean Refugees Mar 5, 2009
Many must cross the crocodile-infested Limpopo River and enter South Africa through holes in the fence along the poorly patrolled border, often paying exorbitant fees to unscrupulous guides. In one camp visited by Damon, about 5,000 Zimbabweans are camped on a sandy patch strewn with rubbish and personal belongings. (CBS News)
Zimbabwe: SA Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Feb 11, 2009
com: Zimbabwe: SA Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Ahead of Unity Govt (Page 1 of 1). Zimbabwe: SA Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Ahead of Unity Govt. (allAfrica.com)
